5. WHAT MEDIA LITERACY IS

5.1. Digital & Media Literacy Education Principles and Competencies

5.1.1. "(Digital and media literacy is) a constellation of life skills that are necessary for full participation in our media-saturated, information-rich society." - Digital and Media Literacy Plan of Action, Renee Hobbs

5.1.2. Media literacy provides a framework to access, analyze & evaluate and create messages in a variety of forms — from digital text to web-based multimedia. It builds an understanding of the role of media in society as well as essential skills of inquiry and creative self-expression necessary for citizens of a 21st century democracy to reflect on the role of media in their lives and take action in their media environment.

5.1.3. READ MORE: Essential Competencies of Media Literacy (expanding meaning of literacy for the modern citizen)

5.1.4. READ MORE: Core Principles of Media Literacy Education (how to teach with and about media)

5.1.5. EXPLORE: Other "Ed Tech" Movements

5.1.5.1. National Tech Plan

5.1.5.1.1. ...leverage technology to create "personalized learning experiences for all learners that mirror students’ daily lives and the reality of their futures."

5.1.5.2. National Educational Tech Standards (NETS)

5.1.5.2.1. Tech skills & concepts

5.1.5.2.2. Critical thinking focused on research skills and tool choices

5.3. Media Literacy - an extension of traditional literacy

5.3.1. Critical thinking skills to become a thoughtful consumer and producer of media

5.3.2. "reading" and "writing" with new forms of media

5.3.3. inclusion of new forms of media as texts "media texts"

5.3.4. Unique core or bias of "media literacy" compared to other related movements: critical analysis of media (who's on the other side, what are they saying, what is their agenda, and who am I/what do I think in relation to it.)

8.3. How could media literacy concepts and digital productions enhance an existing objective or pedagogical bias in your classroom/school?

8.4. What support and training would you need to make this work in your classroom or school?

8.5. Where should training for teachers in digital and media literacy take place? Where for teacher ed? Where for in-service teachers?

8.6. How do you think schools should transform to reflect changes in the media landscape? What are essential practices and content from traditional curricula that fit best with media literacy concepts? What needs to be accounted for in the digital age? Where is the balance?

9. SUGGESTED TMS ANTIDOTE: SIMPLIFY.

9.1. RECOMMENDATION: Simplify your incorporation of new standards and technology to serve to your "pedagogical bias".

9.2.7. Teachers should develop an understanding of how to incorporate a balance of the real world flow of communication & info that excites students with their core values as professional educators in their area of specialty.

9.2.8. READ MORE: TMS Process & Services

9.3. Media Literacy Education intersects with CCSS and new paradigms while activating new technology

9.4. Media Literacy Education can begin at a range of needs/starting points. Our hope is that you may recognize your situation along this spectrum, and see it a little more clearly within the big picture.